Censorship! A book about the dangers of changing the gender of children has been banned

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) first banned the distribution of Wall Street Journal journalist Abigail Shrier's book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters the association, which in principle "fights" for freedom of speech, apologizes for previously popularizing a rather popular work warning about the dangers of gender reassignment, wrote the Danube Institute with reference to the Daily Wire.

Abigail Shrier's current volume was featured in the association's July book review, but after some critical Twitter posts, the ABA immediately apologized for promoting a book about the dangers of minors' gender reassignment.

"We are terribly sorry that we have caused so much pain to our transgender members. We would also like to apologize to the LGBTQIA+ community and major booksellers. But we know that an apology is not enough. That's why we're starting a critical dialogue about how we can even better remedy the serious damage we've caused," the association says in a statement.

However, the ABA's apology really wasn't enough for LGBTQ activists, as several demanded that they rectify their "grave mistake" by promoting transgender books for free.

Regarding the content of Abigail Shrier's book, however, the association caused serious damage by removing it and calling the promotion of the book a mistake, because in addition to pointing out why the promotion of gender reassignment is harmful, it also provides help for children and parents struggling with gender dysphoria.

Rod Dreher, one of the Danube Institute's guest researchers and editor-in-chief of the American Conservative, drew attention to the association's hypocrisy in his opinion article reacting to the case, stating that the ABA supports the "Banned Books Week" campaign launched in 1982, which aims to stand up for unjustly banned books and their popularization.

Dreher highlighted the ABA's double standards: the association only stands up for unjustly banned books on the left, and it itself bans and censors conservative, right-wing books.

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